Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants, and is pretty ugly. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Jade has worked very hard to control her curse. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a Miner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She got into the Miner business at a young age. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His crest is gold and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Apothecary and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1100 gp. Sard (80 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She has chestnut hair. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Hugolina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Hugolina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She is portly but not overly obese. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Tenena hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Tenena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Tenena was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tenena decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has achieved small success as a Stableman.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'8", this woman has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. Her black crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Jaxi's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jet (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a green collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His crest is gold and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Dilettante and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 sp.